The New York Times Crossword
ACROSS
1 Hitchcock film with Laurence Olivier
8 Exaggerate
15 Edited, in a way 16 Wound up
17 James is keeping me from getting a steam engine patent
19 Make a scene
20 Itsy-bitsy bits
21 Discrimination
22 Some delivery drivers’ plans: Abbr.
24 Big Ten powerhouse, for short
25 Edward VII,
familiarly
26 Presidential ex 28 Out of one’s head 29 Half-days, for
short
30 Real downers
34 Genealogist’s
work
35 Hockey, to Gordie 38 Princes, e.g.
39 Nation whose flag has a black eagle on a solid red background 40 Middle name of
Sean Lennon
41 Low island
42 Cheating
meeting?
46 Over-the-counter
cold remedy
48 Brest friend
51 Drains
52 Calvin who may have designs on you
53 Place for French
lessons
55 One making
a row? 56 A former leader of China gave his shar-peis some exercise
59 Extract of
beef fat
60 Fascinate
61 What’s turned up on someone’s face?
62 Request from
the curious
DOWN
1 Nuke, maybe
2 Challenging bet 3 Outdo
4 Setting for
an O’s game
5 Mexican thing 6 Screenplay
directive
7 Fictional
swordsman
8 AOL and MSN
9 “Car Talk” carrier 10 Paid, as a bill
11 Lung-related
12 Top pros
13 Driving
schedule?
14 Member of Ronald Reagan’s cabinet
18 It’ll never get off
the ground
23 Impedes
25 It holds water
27 Copier
28 Big butte 31 Shorthand system inventor Pitman
32 Well
33 It may have
a ring to it
34 Reaction to
sad news
35 Southernmost
major U.S. city 36 How a flamingo
may stand
37 Coll. hoops
competition
38 Old school
dance
41 Response to a discouraging comment 43 Louts
44 Frequent
co-signatory 45 Fly over the
Equator
47 Attach, in
a way
48 Big heart? 49 Cable ___ 50 Massey of
old movies 53 Jennifer of “Pride and Prejudice,” 1995
54 Like custard 57 Sequel to “Angela’s Ashes”
58 Mr., abroad